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·July 31, 2023·4 min read

Can Robots Crack a Joke? The Limits of AI’s Humor Understanding

While artificial intelligence can now generate jokes, a new study suggests it lacks understanding of what makes them funny. In a recent experiment, AI models and humans were tested on tasks involving New Yorker magazine’s Cartoon Caption Contest entries.

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·June 21, 2023·3 min read

Laughter as Medicine: Humor Therapy Reduces Depression and Anxiety Symptoms

Humor therapy might alleviate symptoms of anxiety and depression. The comprehensive study comprised 29 diverse studies from nine countries, involving 2,964 participants with depression, anxiety, or both.

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·May 18, 2023·6 min read

Comedy and Cognition: Unraveling Humor’s Neural Nook

Researchers are studying humor's neural substrates, utilizing physical comedy clips from Charlie Chaplin. The researchers observed brain activity of epileptic patients, while they watched Chaplin's comedic scenes, using intracerebral electrophysiological recordings to capture high precision data.

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·October 12, 2022·3 min read

A Link Between Humor and Body Image

Women who use positive humor to describe themselves have a more positive view of their body image than those who use self-deprecating humor. Those who have negative body image and use self-defeating humor are more likely to have worse eating habits.

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·September 17, 2022·5 min read

Sharing a Laugh: Scientists Teach a Robot When to Have a Sense of Humor

Researchers have designed a shared-laughter AI system that responds to human laughter in order to build a sense of empathy into dialogue.

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·November 18, 2021·4 min read

Study Captures Humor’s Earliest Emergence in Young Children

By two months, 50% of infants begin to appreciate humor, researchers report. 50% of infants being to produce humor at 11 months. Children under one appreciate auditory, physical, and visual humor, including tickling, funny voices, and funny faces. Two-year-olds appreciate humor based on language development.

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·October 6, 2021·3 min read

Clever Children Tell Better Jokes

The link between humor and intelligence appears to be much stronger in children than in adults, a new study reports.

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·August 20, 2021·4 min read

Could Humor Be the Key to a Healthier Society?

Humorous interventions and conversations could be effective ways to influence people's behavior and intentions surrounding their health.

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·July 31, 2021·7 min read

Seriously Funny: Humor Is a Character Strength

Researchers say the use and appreciation of humor is positive for overall wellbeing and psychological health.

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·January 7, 2021·3 min read

Delivering the News With Humor Makes Young Adults More Likely to Remember and Share

Young adults are more likely to recall and share information pertaining to politics and government policy if it is presented in a humorous, entertaining manner.

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·August 25, 2019·5 min read

The unbeatable lightness of being

Finding humor in life can help to improve happiness and reduce stress.

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·July 22, 2019·3 min read

Canned laughter works and makes ‘dad jokes’ funny

Canned laughter tracks increase how funny we find a joke and how much we laugh, even when the jokes are groan-worthy. Testing the hypothesis on both neurotypical people and those on the autism spectrum, researchers found the effect was universal.

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humor

Can Robots Crack a Joke? The Limits of AI’s Humor Understanding

Laughter as Medicine: Humor Therapy Reduces Depression and Anxiety Symptoms

Comedy and Cognition: Unraveling Humor’s Neural Nook

A Link Between Humor and Body Image

Sharing a Laugh: Scientists Teach a Robot When to Have a Sense of Humor

Clever Children Tell Better Jokes

Could Humor Be the Key to a Healthier Society?

Seriously Funny: Humor Is a Character Strength

Delivering the News With Humor Makes Young Adults More Likely to Remember and Share

Canned laughter works and makes ‘dad jokes’ funny

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